Butternut squash

Ground Turkey Butternut Squash Skillet with Rainbow Chard is a quick, nourishing meal ready in just about 30 minutes. This clean, filling recipe can be prepared any night of the week!

Paleo butternut squash muffins made with almond flour and coconut sugar are a fluffy, delicious breakfast or treat!

While pumpkin tends to get the limelight during the fall, I often make baked goods with other winter squash varietals as well. Take for instance my Butternut Squash Pancakes and Kabocha Squash Spice Cake. 

You can generally use any winter squash in a recipe that calls for pumpkin (or butternut squash, acorn squash, etc.), giving you the versatility to pick your passion!

For this exhibit of fall-inspired adventure, we’re baking up a batch of grain-free paleo-friendly butternut squash muffins. 

These butternut squash muffins are:

• Grain-free and gluten-free
• Oil-free
• Refined sugar-free
• Dairy-free
• Light and fluffy
• Perfectly sweet

What I love about these muffins (aside from the fact that they make your mouth feel like a million bucks) is they are a great way of using up leftover roasted butternut squash (or any leftover roasted winter squash). 

Butternut Squash and bacon hash with sun-dried tomatoes is a simple breakfast hash for getting your day started on the right foot.

The other day I pondered what would happen if one were to combine butternut squash and sun-dried tomatoes. Havoc? Bliss? Walk with me on this one, because it’s actually shockingly good!

And paired with bacon? The trifecta is an astrological match.

This simple breakfast recipe takes right around 30 minutes to prepare and just a handful of ingredients.

Similar to the Maple Bacon Butternut Squash Hash with Spinach and the Butternut Squash Hash with Apples Sausage and Kale I’ve shown you in the past, this breakfast recipe is great for sharing, clean, and fairly well-balanced from a macro stand point.

Simply seasonal chicken stir fry with butternut squash, ginger, broccoli, carrots, and more! This easy meal comes together in less than an hour and is perfect for busy weeknights. Life lately is all about stews made in the Instant Pot or stir fry. There’s just something undeniably gratifying about tossing some veggies and meat in …

Hearty Instant Pot Beef Stew with carrots, parsnips, and butternut squash. This potato-free stew recipe is filling, nutritious, paleo, whole30 and AIP-friendly. Not too long ago, one of my friends and I were discussing the types of ingredients our parents  put in beef stew when we were kids. She remembered her dad once tossing in …

Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Salad with roasted sweet potato, carrots, butternut squash, walnuts, and maple-cider vinaigrette. This colorful, hearty salad is a marvelous side dish for fall and winter.

This post is sponsored by Thrive® Culinary Algae Oil.

One of my favorite side dishes to make in bulk and share this time of year is a hearty quinoa salad. Starchy winter vegetables roasted to perfection and mixed in with quinoa, nuts, and fresh herbs is all-things nutritious, inviting, and filling.

If you’re already on the prowl for recipes to make and share over the holiday season, this one’s a keeper! It’s so easy to prepare and is an awesome option when you’re serving guests with dietary restrictions because it is clean as can be.

A clean and simple breakfast casserole recipe with butternut squash, bacon, spinach, and chives. This straight-forward low-carb dish is perfect for serving the whole family (or guests) during the chilly fall and winter months. True story:  I made this breakfast casserole after posting a photo of my Sweet Potato, Sausage, and Kale Breakfast Casserole  on …

Thai Chicken Massaman Curry with and butternut squash stewed in thick aromatic coconut milk sauce. This flavorful meal is perfect for those evenings you’re craving healthier comfort food. Have you ever had Massaman Curry? I only recently began making it at home, and I daresay it’s been giving my all-time favorite, Red Curry Chicken, a …

Thick and creamy roasted pecan butternut squash soup with coconut milk and sauteed leek. This easy, silky soup is paleo, vegan, and Whole30 compliant. This post is sponsored by The American Pecan Council. If one of your goals for 2018 is to clean up your food game, I have just the soup for you! It’s …

Mega filling spinach salad with roasted butternut squash, chicken, pecans, apples, golden raisins and cinnamon maple cider vinaigrette – a super nutritious entree salad for lunch or dinner! I’ve been making huge salads for lunch lately, and I have to say, this one’s a real gem. Crisp, fresh, satisfying, jam packed with flavor and texture…it’s …

Stuffed butternut squash with turkey, zucchini, spinach, and mushrooms. This hearty and delicious meal is paleo and AIP. After last week’s cookie fest, I figured I had better give you all a savory meal recipe lest our blood sugar spiral out of control and we form an addiction to almond flour and pure maple syrup.

Butternut squash, mushroom, and bacon frittata with spinach and fresh oregano – a flavorful paleo and whole30 breakfast recipe perfect for sharing with family. This frittata may very well be my favorite frittata to date. Butternut squash, mushrooms, bacon, spinach, and oregano are the stars of the event, and guess what?! They really jive! While …